Short Stories
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:14th Nov '94
Should be back in stock very soon
The definitive selection of Maugham's best short stories
Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this collection.Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this collection. In acclaimed stories such as 'Rain', 'The Letter', 'The Vessel of Wrath' and 'The Alien Corn', Maugham illustrates his wry perception of human weakness and his genius for evoking compelling drama and an acute sense of time and place.
His plots are cool and deadly, and his timing is absolutely flawless -- Raymond Chander
The short story was Maugham's true metier, and the stories he wrote are among the best in the language -- Anthony Burgess
One of our great story-tellers * Independent *
At his best he can tell a story as well as any man alive or dead -- Desmond McCarthy
ISBN: 9780749397579
Dimensions: 197mm x 127mm x 31mm
Weight: 442g
624 pages